[2] Morris and his twin brother Leonard were born in America to Frederick[3] and Margaret Dietsch (maiden name unknown) after they emigrated with other children of theirs from Germany in 1836.
[4] Dietsch was awarded the Rinehart Prize in Sculpture in 1905[5] from the Peabody Institute and received a scholarship to attend the American Academy in Rome.
[9] Shortly thereafter on Oct. 24, 1918, he embarked upon the SS Espagne (Provence, 1909) en route to France to assist Winifred Holt as an instructor for soldiers blinded in battle, with the passport clerk describing him as 6 feet tall with a small scar on the palm of his left hand.
[14] Dietsch studied at the New York School of Art[15] under William Merritt Chase and was also a student of Attilio Piccirilli.
1968 Vincent Glinsky 1969 Frances Lamont 1970 Clark T. Bailey 1971 Adolph Block 1972 Christopher Parks 1973 Joan Bugbee 1974 George Gach 1975 Edward Widstrom 1976 Cleo Hartwig 1977 Marilyn Newmark 1978 John Cavanaugh 1979 Kent Ullberg 1980 Albert Wein 1981 Marc Mellon 1982 Marion Roller 1983 Isidore Margulies 1984 Ruth Nickerson 1985 Harry Marinsky 1986 Jane Armstrong 1987 No prizes awarded 1988 Sidney Simon 1989 Jida Wang 1990 No prizes awarded 1991 Darlis Lamb 1992 Nathaniel Kaz 1993 Harvey Weiss 1994 Joseph Sheppard 1995 Ellen Kennelly 1996 Seiji Saito 1997 Vitaliy Patrov 1998 No prize awarded 1999 Bobbiegita Walker 2000 Chapel 2001 Tim Shinabarger 2002 Betty Branch 2003 Martin Eichinger 2004 Tim Cherry 2005 Joy Beckner 2006 Yuko Ueno 2007 Herb Mignery 2008 Jane DeDecker 2009 Victoria Parsons 2010 David Rogers 2011 Stanley Bleifeld 2012 Rosie Irwin Price 2013 Deon Duncan 2014 Walter Matia